Bluetooth stream or use AMI?

After some more advice...I have a iphone5 and use Napster a lot. About to purchase a Brodit mount and wondered if I should be using the AMI connection (via 30pin to lightning cable) or simply use BT streaming.

Can anyone recommend one over the other? I know using BT I won't get album art but I don't think I will get that via AMI as I use Napster only - I don't have any music actually stored in the music app on the phone.

If it's about sound quality then Bluetooth audio quality is generally considered inferior than to using your device linked via a cable. In fact I have tried flash-drive, SD card, ipod, bluetooth, and in my opinion bluetooth was the worst for sound quality. The best sound was produced from a flash drive and I can only assume this was because the DAC conversion was being carried out by the car's audio system, again the results were similar with an SD card. As regards to streaming from Napster it really depends on the bitrate they use and the quality of the DAC in your iphone. I would try both ways and see which sounds best

192Kbps should sound pretty good. I think it's safe to say that this will sound better than bluetooth. When I tried music from an ipod linked by cable to the AMI there really wasn't that much of a drop in sound quality than using a flash-drive/SD card, although I could still hear the difference.

I'm not sure either, but I'm guessing it will. I think you have the right idea using bluetooth for phone calls - that's what I do, and I also use another sim card in the car's sim slot for data/google etc.

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